George Wollaston

George Wollaston

George Wollaston (1738-1828) was English. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.

He was the son of Francis Wollaston (1694-1774). He married in 1765 Elizabeth Palmer of Thurnscoe Hall and they had a single daughter Elizabeth Palmer Wollaston who died in infancy (17 April 1766).


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